House speaks against attacks on Jewish people in the United States
H.Res. 481 — Condemning the rise in ideologically motivated attacks on Jewish individuals in the United States, including the recent violent assault in Boulder, Colorado, and reaffirming the House of Representatives commitment to combating antisemitism and politically motivated violence. · Filed by Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ) · 70 cosponsors · Introduced Jun 5, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
The House passed a statement against violent attacks on Jewish people and buildings. It names a bombing in Boulder, Colorado. It names murders of Israeli Embassy staff in Washington, DC. The statement says Congress is against hate crimes and violence based on politics. It asks police and leaders to look into these attacks and speak against them.
Who it affects
Jewish people in the United States face these attacks. Police and leaders are asked to respond to them.
One thing to notice
This statement is not a new law. It does not create new ways to protect victims or punish crimes.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
70 cosponsors: 55 Republicans, 15 Democrats.
- Jun 5, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary”
- Jun 9, 2025 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection”
- Jun 9, 2025 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Van Drew moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
2 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 3 reports from Dec 2025 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $760,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 48 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 41% of bills with any report.
Jefferson Van Drew, who sponsored the bill, received $346,500 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- Anti-defamation League — $590,000 in 2 reports
- J Street — $170,000 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- statement — A formal message passed by Congress that shows what it believes.
- hate crimes — Attacks or harm done because of someone's race, religion, or identity.
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
- sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (3,360 characters) on Sep 18, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,342 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-09-18.
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